Messenger 2013 - Edition 15 - Seventh-day Adventist Church in the ...

18obituaries19Montserratians celebrateThe Montserratians held their thirteenth annual Montserratians andFriends day of fellowship on 25 May in the High Town Methodistchurch, Luton. Those attending came from all over the UK to enjoy aprogramme packed full of special music, testimonies and inspiredpreaching by Pastor Kirk Thomas, SEC Personal Ministries director.The day’s theme was ‘Led by God’s hand’, and during theafternoon’s special music programme the audience learnt the historicalperspectives behind several of the great Christian hymns, and listenedto the singing of the London Adventist Male Voice Choir and Charlotteand Alana Bramble.MARCELLE RILEYCamp speaker visits Camp HillOn 15 June Camp Hill Church got a ‘sneak’ preview of Dr E. Peeler, NECcamp meeting speaker, in action. The congregation was blessed by hisministry, both during the worship hour and again during the Adventistyouth meeting in the afternoon. Pictured above are Pastor and MrsPeeler and Camp Hill senior pastor, Dr Patrick Herbert.DAWN THOMPSONHymn festivalOn 18 May the Long Eaton church held a hymn festival under thedirection of Pastor Paul Haworth, the district minister.His Sabbath School presentation on the musical instruments ofthe Bible was both interesting and informative. This was followed by asermon by Pastor Julian Hibbert on God’s musical ‘fingerprints’ – theimpressions He makes on us individually through specific hymns andgospel songs.After a hearty lunch the day was rounded off by some great hymnsinging under the ‘baton’ of Pastor Haworth – admirably supported byDavid Elliott. What a great way to spend a Sabbath!EDITORAlbertMontague-Sutton (1935-2013) d. 25 May.Albert was bornin London toparents whoowned a shop inKilburn. He had a sister, Joan,who was fourteen years older.While visiting family in Watfordduring the War, their shop wasdemolished by a direct hit from abomb. They then moved toNorthwester Avenue, Garston,where they owned and ran thebungalow store by the domeroundabout. It was also a café,and many people fromStanborough Park would haveshopped or eaten there.Joan started her nursingtraining at the San and she paidfor Albert to attend StanboroughSchool, which, at the time, was atSheepcote Villa, with Dr White asthe headmaster.Albert was baptised at the ageof 17 along with other classmates.The family then moved up toOxey to run a grocery shop there,which meant that Albert had tocycle to school every day.His father died suddenly of astroke when Albert was only 19,and he was left to look after theshop and his suicidal mother.Eventually he sold the shop andbought a house in GarstonCrescent, where he looked afterhis mother and Joan’s two children.At that time it was hard toget a job with Sabbath off, butAlbert was a very talented personwith many ‘strings to his bow’.He eventually worked atGranose Foods, where hestarted in the cannery, became aforeman, then went into foodresearch and development andquality control. He spent sixmonths at our Sanitarium Foodsin Australia learning qualitycontrol, and was good at fixingmachinery and many other things.In 1986 Pamela Montaguecame to work at Granose after thedeath of her husband. Her fourchildren, Dale, Gary, Russell andMelody, worked there too. Pamworked closely with Albert inquality control and helped himout at food exhibitions and indoing the books at the end ofeach sale. They grew close toeach other, and when Granosemoved to Newport Pagnell in1988-89, Albert bought a housethere and a year later they weremarried. They enjoyed twentythreevery happy years together,travelling to about thirty-sixdifferent countries, includingAustralia, New Zealand, America,Canada and many in Europe.Albert took redundancy fromGranose and became a civilservant, working for the PrisonService until his retirement.He loved his gardening and hisYorkshire Terriers – and his fourstepchildren, of whom he thoughtthe world.Sadly the last few years of hislife were not good – he had anoperation for cancer on hisface and neck, followed byradiotherapy. He was beginningto get back on his feet again whenhe developed pneumonia and wasrushed into hospital. Apparentlythe cancer had returned and hewent downhill very quickly. Weall miss him, and, as with others,wait for the Resurrection Daywhen we will meet our lovedones, never to part again.PAMELA MONTAGUE-SUTTONADC day in ErdingtonErdington Church hosted Adventist Discovery Centre director, PastorDes Rafferty, on 11 May, where he spoke to both members and visitorsof the need to experience confession, repentance, forgiveness andrestoration – just as Zacchaeus did. He was supported by the musicministry of Frederica Reid, who played songs on her guitar throughoutthe service.During the afternoon session, Pastor Rafferty spelt out his work asthe director of the Adventist Discovery Centre (ADC) and promoted thefree Health and Bible Study correspondence courses the centre offers.He also appealed to all members to encourage people to sign up for thecourses so that lives could be saved for Jesus in these last days. If youwould like to learn more about the work of the ADC or help sponsor theirgood work, go to www.discoveronline.org.uk or ring 01923672606.JOHN OSEI-BEMPONGStanborough’s ‘shuttle-thon’On 6 and 7 April the Stanborough Park Pathfinder club raised club fundsin a unique way – they held a twenty-four-hour-long ‘shuttle-thon’ –badminton around the clock, literally!The star of the event was Daniel Davis, a Pathfinder who spent theentire twenty-four hours on court. The most outstanding Adventurer was8-year-old Carlos Moreno, who first learnt to play, then outplayed manyof the older participants.The event was held in the Stanborough School gymnasium, thanks tothe efforts of Kish Poddar. Those responsible for catering did a great jobof keeping the participants ‘energised’ and the end result was a massive£1,585.31 boost to the club’s funds!BASED ON A REPORT BY FLORENCE ALLEN, PATHFINDER DIRECTORPHOTO BY JOHNSON WONGSoldier shaves off hairOne brave soul from the Willesden church shaved off her luscious lockson 31 May to raise money for a breast cancer charity called Cancerkin.Corporal Collet Prince, 35, decided to do this as a fitting tribute tosome of her loved ones who havelost their hair during cancertreatment.‘I chose to sacrifice my hair tobeat cancer, and I wanted to standup not only with my sister and mycousin, but with all the women thatI know who have been attacked bythis vile disease called cancer,’said Collet.Her shaved locks have so farraised £1,600 for this needycause. To find out more, visit:www.justgiving.com/Collet-Prince.MONIQUE SIMPSON